Following the period of peace, which had lasted since 1739, Russia began to assert its expansionistic desires again in 1768.

But the relationship has lasted since 1980, and Doubleday said, "That's enough."

A new printing press was brought into use in February 2010, replacing one that had lasted since 1970.

The Plaza opened in 1923 to immediate success, and it has lasted with little interruption since that year.

In the United States, no auto labor contract has lasted longer than three years since the 1950's.

Norway was struggling to leave the union with Sweden, which had lasted since 1814.

His career has lasted since 1977 to present days.

In the period it has lasted since 1845, one million people have emigrated from Ireland.

It persists in the midst of good times that have lasted, with some interruption, since the late 1970's.

He hopes to resolve the past feuds between the four families that have lasted since their ancestors' time.